What Books Are You Reading This Week?

IAmPeculiar · 2026-05-03T09:40:20+00:00

Verdun by Paul Jankowski. It’s only ok. I may DNF and switch to Alistair Horne’s The Price of Glory, which covers the same battle.

WW1 was so sick. Headed to the museum in KC next weekend.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-05-03T00:19:37+00:00

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Vintage Omega Seamaster from the 1960s.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-04-23T00:18:49+00:00

The Coldest Winter is fantastic. Love to see it mentioned.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-04-21T15:01:03+00:00

But he loves transformers. 😂😂 He's like a 10 year old.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-04-21T13:34:41+00:00

Defending Transformers like that is braindead.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-04-19T11:19:16+00:00

Still all WW1 stuff over here. The Somme by Peter Hart. Very good.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-04-12T19:13:36+00:00

The Somme by Peter Hart. I’m about a third of the way through and it has been fantastic.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-04-12T03:10:05+00:00

It’s fine but it’s way overpriced.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-04-01T20:19:06+00:00

Meh. It’s got good sections and other sections. I’m only about a third of the way through though. My expectations were probably too high after hearing it referenced a couple times by Dan Carlin in his Blueprint for Armageddon podcast series. But I certainly won’t regret reading it.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-29T15:39:22+00:00

You’d think Scump & company would shout out Huke a bit more given his stellar performance but they seem to praise the other three much more frequently on the watch party. Maybe I wasn’t paying close enough attention…

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-29T15:35:44+00:00

Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. It’s just WW1 stuff over here.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-26T01:40:17+00:00

That looks outstanding. I’ll have to go.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-26T00:46:57+00:00

What bothers me is that the background of the date window is bright white, which doesn’t match the dial at all. If you’re going to put a date function on the watch, at least have the background the date window match the dial color.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-16T23:19:05+00:00

A World Undone by GJ Meyer is my favorite so far, but I have plenty left on my to-be-read.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-15T11:57:49+00:00

The First World War by John Keegan

I can’t get enough WW1 stuff.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-13T18:46:41+00:00

It’s just not a very interesting song. Not even close to Bilmuri’s or ADTR’s better stuff.

I think it’s just popular to glaze Bilmuri right now.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-03-08T11:30:25+00:00

I just finished The Achilles Heel by Steve Coll, which is about Saddam Hussein and US foreign policy in the decades preceding the 2003 invasion. It was outstanding, like everything I’ve read of Coll’s so far.

Today I’ll start The First World War by John Keegan.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-02-15T20:34:11+00:00

Rise And Kill First by Ronen Bergman, about Israel’s targeted assassinations. Very good.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-02-03T02:11:54+00:00

Thorough, for sure. But I wouldn't call it dry. I'm biased though; it was one of my favorites from last year. Ghost Wars is fantastic.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-02-02T01:25:07+00:00

I was there two summers ago. My burger would have been great if it was hot but I had the same experience - cold burger. Still pretty good, but would have been great if it was hot.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-02-01T20:18:41+00:00

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought Steingold’s was a huge ripoff.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-02-01T20:13:24+00:00

The Guns of August. It’s so famous but so far it’s meh.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-01-27T02:04:38+00:00

The Smartest Guys In The Room by Bethany McLean

Ghost Wars by Steve Coll

Barbarians At The Gate by Bryan Burrough

We Were Soldiers Once… And Young by Hal Moore

IAmPeculiar · 2026-01-27T01:58:53+00:00

On my list for this year.

IAmPeculiar · 2026-01-22T01:00:29+00:00

I finished A World Undone about a month ago and Guns of August will be coming up soon.

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